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CAIRO (Reuters) – Population growth in Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous country, slowed to 1.4% in 2023, its lowest rate in decades, the planning ministry said on Thursday. The need to limit population growth is a favourite theme of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who blames a recent high birth rate for straining services …

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PORT SUDAN/OMDURMAN, Sudan (Reuters) – The feasts and festivities of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan have been muted in Sudan this year with millions of people displaced from their homes and struggling with hunger as a war between the army and paramilitaries nears the one-year mark. “All what we were accustomed to, how we …

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DAKAR (Reuters) – Opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye won over 54% of votes in Senegal’s presidential election, with ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba taking over 35%, the Dakar appeals court said on Wednesday. The court said the results were based on vote tallies from 100% of polling stations. They are expected to be confirmed by …

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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) – President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday announced an overhaul of Nigeria’s economic governance intended to ease financial hardship and boost productivity, establishing a multi-layered framework to bolster coordination, planning and implementation. Tinubu, who took office last year, inherited an economy struggling with record debt, high unemployment, low oil output, and …

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DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland said on Wednesday it would intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, in the strongest signal to date of Dublin’s concern about Israeli operations in Gaza since Oct. 7. Announcing the move, Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said that while it was for the World Court to decide whether genocide is being …

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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed security and economic cooperation with Mali’s junta leader Assimi Goita by phone on Wednesday, both countries said, a day after Putin held a similar call with the junta leader in neighbouring Niger. “We discussed bilateral issues, particularly the security and economic areas,” Goita wrote on X. “We …

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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian court on Wednesday sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges of participating in the murder of prominent political leader Chokri Belaid 11 years ago, which sparked mass protests against the then ruling Islamists. Belaid, a leftist politician, had been a fierce critic …

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